URBAN TRANSFORMATION
Cities have always been big business, machines for creating money and culture, a means for people to gather and create a civilised, comfortable life. (FT: 26 MAY 2015)
URBAN TRANSFORMATION Municipal waste is an unwelcome by product of modern urban life
URBAN TRANSFORMATION Managing and eliminating urban municipal waste is a cost to society subsidised by governments through tipping fees URBAN WASTE COST OF MANAGING WASTE COLLECTION CLASSIFICATION SOURCE SEPARATION TREATMENT PACKAGING ENERGY GENERATION SOIL INERT RECYCLING ENVIRONMENT LANDFILL VALUE OF WASTE COMMUNITY ENERGY ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL COST TIPPING FEE
URBAN TRANSFORMATION HKA’s business model has enhanced the value recovered from waste and thus reduced the cost to society AGRICULTURE GRADE COMPOST FERTILIZER AGRICULTURESOIL
URBAN TRANSFORMATION Organic fraction of urban municipal waste is processed into agriculture grade compost and combined with mineral plant nutrients to produce organomineral fertilizer ORGANIC WASTE COMPOST MINERAL PLANT NUTRIENTS ORGANOMINERAL FERTILIZER In comparison to mainstream mineral fertilizers Less mineral nutrients applied… …but more effective absorption by the plant Increased crop yields Increased soil organic content Reduced chemical residue bound in the soil Reduced run-off to underground water sources
URBAN TRANSFORMATION COMPOSTMINERALSPRODUCTION Hexaferm is manufactured into dispensable granules and pellets, each containing the same composition of ingredients DISPENSABLE WITH MAINSTREAM AGRICULTURAL MEANS PELLETS GRANULES MINERAL TYPES OF FERTILIZER SEEDER
URBAN TRANSFORMATION ENERGY HKA has taken a step in transforming modern urban life into an economically and ecologically more sustainable one WASTERECYCLINGCOMPOSTRAW MATERIALFERTILIZER GOODSPRODUCTIONAGRICULTUREFOOD
URBAN TRANSFORMATION First operational plant at Pamukova, Sakarya